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Daniel cursed inwardly How could he have been so blind?

“On flogging day the e about treason and how an eneate is less foruilt hit hi as an enquiry agent

at the time of his death, you’ve always had an inquisitive ether and discover the truth Perhaps on that last night at the docks, he hoped to apprehend the traitor, hoped never to involve either of us”

The sound of Daphne’s ragged breathing s of frustration

“Why is it we are both adept when it co when it co our own?”

“It is not your fault,” Daniel said, as he recalled Lord Gibson had been drinking in Hobley’s coffee house on that particular day too “You tried to tell nored you” After she’d refused his suit, he’d kept his distance, lacked the strength necessary to deal with rejection

The thud of Bostock’s heavy gait on the stairs drew Daniel’s gaze to the parlour door

Betsy appeared carrying a tea tray “Sorry ere so long We couldn’t find a box to light the candle and didn’t want to disturb you”

Daniel closed the book, and the modiste placed the tray on the table

Betsy pursed her lips as she considered Daphne’s forlorn expression “Don’t worry We’ll have this place cleaned up in no time Won’t we, Mr Bostock?”

“In no ti far more respectable in a shirt

“We’ll begin with the bedchamber,” Daniel said with a renewed sense of deteret so day ahead of us”

While Daphne slept, Daniel would for by the state of Daphne’s apartged about They’d escaped death twice Time was of the essence And they were yet to locate the other man on the list, Captain Lewis

Chapter 21

Despite the urge to watch Daphne wash, dress and nibble on her toast, Daniel gave her soathered the loose feathers into a basket and taken the cushions to her sewing roo from below stairs, Bostock had already set to work on the picture fra and the room would be presentable, almost as it was before